"The first and second quartets were composed of colored men. In the days when such thing as a white barber was unknown in the South, every barbershop had its quartet and the young men spent their leisure time 'harmonizing' (Averill, Four Parts, No Waiting, 2003, p. Indeed, it may be said that all male Negro youth of the United States is divided into quartets. Let one of them sing the melody and others will naturally find the parts. "Pick up four colored boys or young men anywhere and the chances are ninety out of a hundred that you have a quartet.
In his 1929 essay, "The Origin of the Barber Chord," Harlem Renaissance icon and NAACP founder James Weldon Johnson located the origins of barbershop harmony in African-American experience:
The Dapper Dans make a cameo in " I Heart Mickey." Other Appearances The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse The Dapper Dans make a cameo appearance in Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway as dogs. Rides Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway During Christmas they sing more Christmas oriented songs. At this time of year, they sing numerous songs about or sung by villains, and sometimes other songs such as " This is Halloween" or " Grim Grinning Ghosts". During Halloween events, their attires change to a white and orange color scheme with black bands around their elbows and armpits, being called the, " Cadaver Dans". The songs sung by them are traditional and classic songs such as " Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" or " The Mickey Mouse Club March" with comical acts and jokes.ĭuring the Fourth of July, their outfits would be the colors of the American flag.
They also join the Flag Retreat Ceremony. At 5pm, they join the Main Street Philharmonic. In the morning, they can be seen riding a horse drawn trolley and all over Main Street in the afternoon. There is also a working barbershop where your hair can be done by them while they are serenading. In the Magic Kingdom, they perform nine sets a day, seven days a week. On occasion, they are seen with organ chimes, a musical instrument that resembles a pipe organ, but it is hand held and doesn't sound like an organ at all, it makes more of an exotic sound rather than that of an actual organ. Despite four actually coming out, about twelve are actually hired to do the performances. They can be easily differentiated by the color of their outfits (red, blue, purple, and yellow, with one of them sometimes, but not often, dressing in green) and always come in a quartet. They are a "streetmosphere" show that occasionally play every day in Main Street, U.S.A.
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